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Cat and mouse   /kæt ənd maʊs/   Listen
Cat and mouse

noun
1.
A game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first.  Synonym: cat and rat.






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"Cat and mouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... one. He's a mean one. He lies low for you. He plays cat and mouse with you. He lets you run loose until you think youre shut of him; and then, when you least expect it, ...
— The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet • George Bernard Shaw



Words linked to "Cat and mouse" :   child's game, cat and rat



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